Documentations

Les rejets d'azote et phosphore des exploitations porcines françaises face aux surfaces agricoles disponibles. Mise au point d'un outil d'évaluation

Sandrine Espagnol, Estelle Ilari, rapport d'études, juillet 2004, 27 pages Cette étude propose une approche territoriale de la situation en azote-phosphore des exploitations porcines vis-à-vis des surfaces disponibles, en prenant…

Odour emissions could be reduced by using additives

Low price, easy to use and the diversity of additives proposed make them very attractive for pig breeders. Since severalyears, ITP achieved studies concerning additive’s efficiency concerning odour emissions in…

Euthanasia in pig farming

In a pig farming context, given the efficacy, feasibility and cost of the various methods tested, the recommendedmethod for piglets over 8 kg, porkers and breeding animals is now the…

Testing of pig respiratory lesions at the slaughterhouse. Relevance in farm monitoring and practical application

Slaughterhouse testing has many objectives:At farm level, the tests can detect or confirm disease while orienting the diagnosis. The tests provide strong indicators of health status across a group of…

Results of the 26th control testing of terminal products

The purpose of testing terminal products is to add to official registers on the performance levels of growth, carcass and meat quality for terminal products derived from different hybrids of…

Référentiel de classification des pièces et parures de découpe en fonction de leurs taux de lipide et de collagène (volet 1)

Teneurs de 25 pièces courantes et co-produits de découpe d'une carcasse de porc Outil de travail pour les découpeurs et transformateurs qui répond à la réglementation en matière d’étiquetage des…

Relationship between controlled atmosphere and post-weaning and finishing performance.Results of a field survey

The Lot Chamber of Agriculture has conducted two series of surveys on pig breeders. Technical performance data were correlated with various measures involved in controlled atmospheres. In addition to elements…

Use of serological analysis methods and interpretation of results

An ideal method of analysis should identify all the infected subjects, i.e., no false negatives, while at the same reportingonly infected subjects, i.e., no false positives. The frequency of such…

Valorisation of herbage by free-range sows

The aim of this article is to summarize the knowledge gained over seven years of livestock trials and observation.The various results obtained suggest that in a free-range sow farming context,…

No consistent effect in pigs of low deoxynivalenol (DON) concentrations in contaminated wheat

Two feeding experiments with 90 piglets and 120 pigs were conducted to study the effects of feeding naturally deoxynivalenol contaminated wheat base diets (0, 280, 560 and 840 μg/kg DON)…

The futures market to protect pork prices: myth or reality ?

First introduced in the USA in 1865 for trading in wheat, futures markets make it possible to protect many agriculturalcommodities against price fluctuations. Futures markets do not trade in physical…

EPER : le registre européen des émissions polluantes. Un premier pas qui porte à la connaissance du public des informations sur la pollution issue des sites industriels européens.

La construction européenne a permis des avancées indiscutables dans de nombreux domaines et, en particulier, dans celui de l’environnement. La Commission européenne oeuvre en faveur de la fourniture au public…